Charles E. Townsend
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Charles E. Townsend | |
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United States Senator from Michigan | |
| In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1923 | |
| Preceded by | Julius C. Burrows |
| Succeeded by | Woodbridge N. Ferris |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 | |
| Preceded by | Henry C. Smith |
| Succeeded by | William Wedemeyer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 15, 1856 Concord, Michigan |
| Died | August 3, 1924 (aged 67) Jackson, Michigan |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Charles Elroy Townsend (August 15, 1856 – August 3, 1924) was an American lawyer who served as both a
from 1903 to 1923.Early life and career
Townsend was born near
Register of Deeds 1886–1897. He studied law and was admitted to the bar
in 1895 and commenced practice in Jackson.
Tenure in Congress
Townsend was elected as a
Fifty-eighth and for the three succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1911.[1]
He was elected to the
Sixty-seventh Congresses
.
Career after Congress
Townsend was appointed in 1923 as a member of the International Joint Commission created to regulate the use of the boundary waters between the United States and Canada, in which capacity he served until his death in Jackson. He is interred in Maple Grove Cemetery, in Concord.
References
- ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 53. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Proceedings of the first National Conference on Race Betterment, January 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1914. Battle Creek, Michigan". [Battle Creek, Mich., Gage Printing Company. 1914.
Bibliography
- Schlup, Peonard. "Party Loyalist: Charles E. Townsend and the Vice-Presidential Election of 1912." Research Journal of Philosophy & Social Sciences (1992): 61–70.
- United States Congress. "Charles E. Townsend (id: T000330)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
Media related to Charles E. Townsend at Wikimedia Commons
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